akul wrote:
Rodluvan - nice showcasing of 85 on street. Besides I just enjoy your street works, what I enjoy as a bonus is the capture of Northern European fashion style. First shot with two gentlemen, very well dressed and yet, very different from what I am used to see these days in downtown NYC, where fashion is technically absolutely dead. ( Unlike Paris, and the rest of Europe, NY is way too conservative in terms of fashion.)
Much appreciated Akul, as always. Regarding the style, I am often impressed by the business style other countries have. Two or three piece suits are seldom very classy in Stockholm if you compare to Roma, Milan or London. Not by a far cry. The hipster casual wear is however where the emphasize lies, it's expensive, sober (to the point of being boring) and it looks good. This (if anywhere) is where I believe Stockholm excels, not so much the classic office attire.
abhijeeth wrote:
Rodluvan,LZ, and many other users of 85P and 50P: Please keep those photos coming! Those lenses are a treat and I have to try them sometime. Both lenses are an 'acquired taste' IMO and for folks that find out and know what they are getting into, playing with these lenses appears to be rewarding.
Indeed they are. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the 50P gives me by far the most keepers and is the one that impresses me most often.
Ralph, be very very careful here. Lurking in this forum has been shown to be directly responsible for an uncurable disease . . . Zeissitis, also known as "empty your bank account disease." Once you get this disease, you'll stop at nothing to keep adding to your Zeiss collection.
Below is a shot that my wife submitted for a contest to win an incredible Metric Halo audio interface for our production studio. We already use their products but the contest prize is for their super high end $4K flagship model.
The contest theme was "Crazy for Gear" and she entitled her submission "All My Slaves Submit to Metric Halo"
The shot was done using the Distagon T* 1,4/35 (our favourite lens).
Help a fellow Zeiss user out by voting for Diana's submission at this URL!
Samuli - I have no idea which is which. I only own 100MP
This is what I see.
I like the hiking shoes.
Nice photos with good lighting.
Shoe in B is a bit bigger ( obvious )
I see what Zhangyue says. A does seem to have cooler highlight than B. But the angle difference may be contributing the specular area
I am drawn to the tip of the shoe to the shoelaces on A, while I am drawn to the shoelaces and the area above it on B. In the end, I actually think I like the photo A slightly more ( minus the slightly cooler rendition ).
Shall I sell 100MP and get a 85P ? ( mmm, no. I will never sell my 100MP )
Bob - Love the first two from the first set. #1 is leading slightly for me though.
otacon - Gorgeous bicycle shot. Very nice rendition.
Rodluvan - I had a great experience viewing your set.
#1 - Huh, very nice capture of moment,
#2 - Hm, wait a sec. He is a Sony shooter.
#3 - Oh shute, he is looking at me !!
zhangyue - Wow, that is a great capture. Melancholy. Nostalgia. Priceless moment.
Bob, I really liked the shallow DOF b&w image. It was so good that I downloaded the image and removed the super ugly frame to actually view it without distraction. The crossing lines in bokeh look really good. Great work!
Otacon, 2nd shot is great, like the sad color tones. First one could be improved by larger depth of field, and maybe something could be done on composition to try to make the pole bike is leaning less "strong" element in the photo.
Rodluvan, the 3rd of your series is best. Have to start shooting more with 85P, really beautiful bokeh.
zhangyue, nice silhouette.
Siddhu, good luck for contest got my vote. For my taste too much contrast (too deep blacks).
Lieutenant Z, liked the really intense colours on 1st photo.
Seems that my comparison image pair is too similar, goes too much to guessing, not much actual hints in images to give the info. Based on the images only I can't say, which is which, I had to check from Apple Aperture: A was 100MP and B was 85P. Thanks for guessing!
I shoot same shoe with all ZE lenses, and 21 and 100 had the coldest white balance (which was set to specific in camera K-WB mode to match my 5000K lights in kitchen (and set to 4179K based on deeper analysis for both photos in Apple Aperture). I'm not sure why some people assumed 100MP to be warner, I think 100MP is the coolest of all of them and 21D is not far behind. 28, 35, 50P and 85P are very similar - also close to classic C/Y (shoot the same shoe with 2.8/25 C/Y and it's very close to 2/28ZE).
Somewhere Norht East from Kapfenberg, Austria - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21 @ f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 100 - larger
